October 29...

Last day in area 5... sad day :(:(  I liked this area and am sad to leave it... I will say though... I am excited for January because I will get to work in the greenhouses on campus!!!!  This was just getting me all pumped for them and ready to go!!!!

To start I of course took the temps and then I was shown how to transplant little seedlings!!!!!  They dont use plug trays or anything they just sow the seeds on a flat and then someone (ME) gets to carefully separate them out and plant them in six-packs...  This was tedious but a good experience!!!  I worked on it the rest of the day other then when I fertilized all the outdoor plants.  It was pretty sweet though to see all the finished flats when I got done!!!!

Our plant test was moved to Monday because Kate was not there and we were busy...

October 28...

Well I took the temps and then started working on begonia cuttings again... It went well and we ended up with about 2400 cuttings!!!!  After we finished I got to learn how to take lavender cuttings... We only needed about 430 so that was not too bad but we had to cut each one individually... This was not too bad either and I liked having something to do all day :):)  I finally finished close to the end of the day and helped clean up the potting shed and things like that!!!!

October 27...

Today was fun... after taking temps I got to sift compost to be used when we mix soil!!!  It was cold this morning but everything went good and it didnt take too long!!!!  After that I measured out the fertilizer that will also go into the soil when we mix it!!!!

I worked in my greenhouse for a little while using the hula hoe to get rid to the weeds.... its looks good now!!!!  After that I helped Kelly gather begonia plants over in the Dutch garden and we started making cutting from them!!!!  We all spent the rest of the day standing around talking with each other while taking cuttings!!!!!  Its was a great day and I like having a stiff neck from not moving enough :):):)  hahah... it was not bad and I really did like talking with everyone because that does not really happen much in other areas!!!

October 26...

Ok so this morning I took the temps and then helped Lisa take some pepper plants down to the VEC for out lunch party later today!!!!

We planted digitalis for a while in pots that will be used for a rotation in the spring!!!!  For Lunch everyone went to the VEC and had Mexican food!!!  I think some of the volunteers put it all together for us... it was good food and fun to see everyone!!!! And after that I helped Lisa plant digitalis... its an annual that we put into pots for one of the rotations in the spring!!

At the end of the day I got to learn how to wash pots... hahah... this was fun but also it was hard:):)  you have to scrub them out and they are big and heavy... plus you get wet... I was wearing rain boots, a long apron, and gloves, I stayed pretty dry but my gloves had holes and would fill up with water whenever I put my hand in the water... hahah!!!!  I did that for the rest of the day!!!

October 25...

Ok so it rained all weekend but I am glad to be back at work!!!!  I took down all the temps and then helped Lisa almost the rest of the day!!  We had to take all the plants from the VEC (Visitor Center), House, and offices and put them back in the greenhouses... this was fun and I think Lisa really enjoyed having me there to help her!!!!  She said it normally takes her 2 days and we got it all done plus some other stuff in just today!!!!

Today everyone started HT (Holiday Traditions) decorating!!!!  I am so excited and it is going to look amazing for Christmas... I cant wait!!!

After I finished helping Lisa with stuff I trans-planted the rest of the ivy and called it a day!!!!

October 22...

Well as always I took the temps this morning!!!!  After that Jim showed me what I will be doing with the ivy and how all that will work... But I didnt start working on it right away.  First I went and watered all the house plants again because Lisa was sick today... Watering went well and I like taking care of them!!!!

After that I went back to the ivy and started with that... our ivy collection is the largest anywhere that I know of and it was mostly donated to us by a guy that was going to die and he didnt want all his hard work to die so we got it!!!!  Its huge and I had no idea there were so many kinds... but we have like about I would say 75 more plants that we cant find room anywhere to plant them...  haha... who would have guessed!!!!  So some of them have been in the same little pots for a while and hardly had any dirt left so I took them our cleaned them up and gave them nice new soil!!!  They seem very happy now:):)  I didnt finish them all today but I will finish the rest tomorrow!!!!

After that I want and helped work on some bulbs to get those finished up and put in the cooler!!!  I got to fertilize all my outdoor plants after lunch and check the watering in the greenhouse!!!!  After that we had our plant walk and test!!!!  I did really bad this week but will not let it happen again... :):):)

October 21...

I am getting good at taking the temperatures and today I got to learn about transplanting little starts... this actually was really fun and made me feel like I learned something at school because I have done it before!!!!  It was sweet and Jim showed me how they like it done!!!

I went and took care of the house plants again and then I started transplanting!!!  I did that till they needed my help finishing the bulbs!!!  After the bulbs were done I went back to transplanting till they were done!!!  I spent the rest of the day working on my greenhouse cleaning up dead leaves and making it look beautiful!!!!